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CHENGDU, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Fourteen people are feared missing after a leisure boat capsized on a lake in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday, according to the local government.
The accident happened at around 2:50 p.m. on the Bailong Lake in Guangyuan, the city's Lizhou District government said in a statement.
It said strong gales were to blame.
By 7:30 p.m., rescuers had pulled four people from the lake. The search for the missing continues.
The boat, which has 40 seats, was carrying 18 people when it capsized, the statement said.
